Agricultural machine.



A. BALBO-BERTONE.

AGRICULTURAL MACHINE.

A PPLIOATION FILED OUT. 23, 1909.

COLUMBIA PLANOORAPH 10., WASHINGTON. L44

Patented Dec. 10, 1912.

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A. BALBO-BERTONE. AGRICULTURAL MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED OUT. 23, 1909.

1,046,940. Patented Dec. 10,1912.

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- nvcn/Zor A. BALBO-BERTONB.

AGRICULTURAL MACHINE.

ABPLIOATION FILED 00123, 1909.

1,046,940. Patented Dec.10,1912.

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ALFONSO BALBO-BERTONE, 0F CRESCENTINO, ITALY AGRICULTURAL MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed. October 23, 1909.

Patented Dec. 10, 1912.

Serial No. 524,264.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALFoNso BALBO-BER- TONE, a subject of the King ofItaly, residing at Villa Oerrone, Orescentino, Province of Novara,Piedmont, Italy, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in.

supporting slide for the purpose of adapt-' ing said machines to work inthe moors, rice: fields, and the like, by preventing them from sinkingin the ground, while carrying wheels may be applied for traveling on theordinary roads and various kinds of soil.

The invention is illustrated in the anneXed drawings in connection witha reaping machine.

Figure l is a side elevation of the central part of a reaping machine,the supporting wheel being for the sake of clearness shown only indotted lines, while the drivers seat is omitted. Fig. 2 is a plan andFig. 3 a rear elevation of the central part of said reaping machine.Fig. 4 is a section on line a-a, Fig. 1, and Fig. 5 is a detail view ofthe slide and its rear supporting mechanism.

As this invention may be applied to any type of well known reapingmachine, the construction of this latter will not be described as itforms no part of this invention. It will only be noted that in theordinary reaping machines, a wheel 45 is fitted on the main shaft 1 andserves together with a wheel (not shown) placed laterally at the end onthe table 3 to support the whole machine.

In the form of the reaping machine illustrated, the engine working theoperating part of the machine is mounted on the machine frame. The slidewhich does not directly support the engine is capable of oscillating tofit the unevenness of the ground, and is constituted by a tankcontaining the cooling water for the engine and acts therefore as aradiator. The machine and slide are supported by a wheel arranged as inthe usual reaping, mowing, and the like machine, but having a smallerbreast width,

said wheels serving substantially to facilitate the travel of themachine on ordinary grounds.

The slide 11, is connected to the main shaft 1' by means of a rod 36fixed in a bearing block 35 which is secured by bolts 34 to theslide,-said rod being connected to the shaft by an eye or loop 37 formedon the upper end of the rod, the two ends of the eye being made largerthanthe middle portion so that therod may oscillate on the shaft. Oneach side of the connecting rod 36 is mounted a bearing post 38 whichrests on a spring 39 within the block and is pressed upward against theshaft. It will thus be seen that the slide may, by means of theformation of the eye 37 oscillate on the shaft and be returned to itsnormal position by means of the spring urged posts 38. The slide issuspended at its front end from the steering bar or tongue 30 of themachine by means of a coupling piece 40 fixed on a stirrup 41, which issecured to the slide by bolts 42, said coupling piece being slidablyconnected to a bracket 43 on the underside of the tongue 30, by means ofa coupling pin 44, the latter being provided with a sliding sleeve 44for diminishing the displacement of the coupling piece 40 on the pin 44.

On the end of the shaft 1 is threaded a sleeve 32, any displacement ofthis latter be ing prevented by means of a cross bar 46 bolted thereonat 47 and to the steering bar at 48. The end 31 is bent at right anglesto the rod 31 of the drivers seat 31, and enters a hole 32 of the sleeve32.

The engine 20 is mounted by means of its base plate 20 on the centralfront portion of the frame 50 of the machine, said frame supporting theoperating members of the machine and more particularly the verticalshaft 6 of the rakes 7 From said engine 20 the motion is transmitted bymeans of a couple of toothed wheels 24, 51 to the Side shaft 52 rotatingwithin supporting pieces 53 of the base plate 20 of the engine. On theside shaft 52 is fitted a pulley or chain wheel 54 from which motion istransmitted through a belt or chain 25 to the pulley or chain wheel 4"loosely mounted on the shaft 5 through which all the operating membersof the machine are worked. When the machine isin operation, said pulley4 will be attached to the shaft 5 by means of a clutch 55 operated by alever 56. The tension ofr'the belt 25 may be adjusted by means of thetension pulley 26.

It will be seen that the load of the engine is wholly supported by theframe of the machine and does not weighon the slide, which is thus freeto adjust itself to the ground.

21 indicates the fuel tank, 22 the silencer and 57 the pump effectingthe circulation of the water in the engine acket. Said pump is operatedby the eccentric 58 fitted on the shaft 52. From the tube 59, the watercontained in the slide 11 is sucked by the pump 57 and conveyed throughthe pipe 60 into the engine jacket from which it flows warmed up throughthe tube 61 to the opposite higher end of the cooling slide 11, throughthe large metallic walls of which the heat is radiated.

I claim 1. In an agricultural implement, the combination With thesupporting wheels thereof, of a runner, an oscillatory rod connect ingthe runner to the axle of the implement and supporting said runnerslightly above the tread of the supporting wheels, rods mounted on therunner on each side of the connecting rod, and springs to yieldinglyhold the side rods in contact with said axle.

2. In an agricultural implement, the combination with the supportingwheels thereof, of a runner, an oscillatory rod connecting the runner tothe axle of the implement and supporting said runner slightly above thetread of the supporting wheels, rods mounted on the runner on each sideof the connecting rod, springs to yieldingly hold the side rods incontact with said axle, and means to adjustably connect the front end ofthe runner to the implement.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention, I have signedmy name in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ALFONSO BALBO-BERTONE.

Witnesses FRANCESCO SIMONI, Pmnn GIANOLIO.

, Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, byaddressing the Commissioner of Patents Washington, I). G.

